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PATENT'ED FEB. 16, 1904.

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UONVEYER.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 16, 1901.

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To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES JAMES o. DELANEY,

' Patented February 16,1904. PATENT OF IcE.

on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONVEYER.

, srnorrron'rion forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,441, dated February is, 1904.

' A lication filed February 16, 1901'. Serial No. 47 545. on) model.)

- act description.

My lnvention relates to an improvement in hoisting and conveying devices; and .it comprises certain novel features which will be distinct drum, and both and. E are loose hereinafter described, and ed-out in the claims. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

' Figure 1 is an elevation of a conveyer with my improvement applied thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations of the upper ends of the head and tail supports, taken at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 1. Figure t is a sectional plan of the lower half of the carriage, showing the various ropes which are attached to or run thereon; and Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the arrangement of drums preferred for operating my device. a p

In Fig. 1 I have shown my device as'applied to a conveyer in which a cable A is used as the trackway, and the description will be of the device as applied to such a conveyor, although it will be evident that my invention may be applied to any form of hoisting and conveying apparatus in which a carriage is employed running upon a trackway, whether that trackway be a cable or other flexible member or is composed of rigid bars or beams. In Fig. l the arrangement of drums by which the various cables are operated is shown in a diagrammatic manner, the preferred arrangement of drums being shown in Fig. 5, but being of such nature that the arrangement of the various ropes leading thereto would not be as clearly shown as is shown in Fig. 1. The sections E and E of the drum are, in effect, one drum separated by a slight flange, the partE being preferably of slightly larger diameter than the part E. Thepart B is', however, a

particularly point- Y on their shaft and turned by any suitable friction device.- As shown in Fig. 5, it is contemplated to turn these drums by friction devices between the gear K and the respective drums.

'As the exact construction of these drums and the means employed to turn them is immaterial and forms no part of my invention, fuller description is deemed unnecessary.

with means by which it may be moved along, as a traction-cable-B, which passes over suit:

able sheaves it, ,h, 72. and if, supported by? The carriage C is supposed to be pfovided I the head and tail-supports I H and leading to 'a drum 6'. This drum,-the corresponding 7 portion of w'hich is shown at B in Fig. 5, is

made in the form of a winch-headfthat is, it is made to receive one or more wraps of the traction-rope B'so that movement is applied to said rope by the friction of the rope upon the drum. The hoisting-rope F is wound upon a drum E and passes over one of the series of pulleys, h mounted upon the head-support,

and. extends to and about a pulley G, which is carried by the carriage. This pulley is in two parts G and G the hoisting-rope F passing about the part G one or more times, so as to have frictional engagement therewith, by means of which when the pulley G is turned in one direction the friction due to the wraps may be relied upon to pullout and lower the hoisting-rope. This hoisting or fall rope is shown as passing about the fall-block O and then over a pulley upon the carriage and having its end secured. to the fall-block. In addition to the above ropes I employ what I term an overhaulingrope D, said rope being an endless rope, which passes about the drum E and is operated by frictional engagement therewith, the rope passing as many times around the drum as is necessary tosecure the required amount of friction. This overhauling-rope passesone or more times about the part G of the pulley G, so that when theoverhauling-rope is caused to move in one direction or the other it will exert a pull upon the hoist or fall rope in a corresponding direction. The frictional engagement of the overhaulingrope and the fall-rope, with their respective parts of the pulley G, should be suificient to enable the weight of that part of the fall-rope i which extends between the carriage and the movement along the trackway and by operat:

ing the overhauling-rope the descent of the fall-block may be secured, whether the same is heavy or light, and the necessity for fall rope carriers between the carriage and the head-support is obviated. The two parts Gr,

and G constitute two rope-bearing members having a traction connection, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting the traction connection to the direct connection shown in the drawings as preferable. In effect, the use of the double sheave or pulley G amounts toan automatically shifting engagement between the overhauling-rope and the fall-rope, by means of which the overhauling-rope may be used to run out and lower the fall-rope. This enables the other rope. to extend from the fall-block to the hoisting-drum E, and thus obviates any necessity for a splice and makes it unnecessary to rely upon any other rope to take any portion of the strain due to the hoisting of the rope.

In Fig. 1 the sections B, E, and E representing the various drums are shown as separated and are lettered b, e, and c. In the. drawings I have shown the overhauling-drum and the traction-drum as being of the same size. The hoisting-drum is, however, shown as being slightly smaller than the other drums,

the object of this being to insure that the mo-V tion of the overhauling-rope shall be slightly in excess of that of the fall-rope in order to provide for a slight slipping of the two ropes upon the pulley G.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a conveyer the combination with a trackway, a carriage adapted to travel on said trackway, a traction-rope connected with the carriage, an overhauling-rope, and a hoistingrope extending between the carriage and one end of the trackway, of a two-part sheave. on the carriage adapted to receive wraps of both overhauling and hoisting ropes, one on each part.

2. In a conveyer the combination with a trackway, a carriage adapted to travel thereon, and means for controlling the position of the carriage on the trackway, of a hoistingrope extending between the carriage and one end of the trackway, an overhauling-rope, and a pulley on the carriage adapted to receive wraps of both overhauling and hoisting ropes.

3; In a conveyer the combination with a trackway, a carriage adapted to travel on the trackway, an endless traction-rope connected with the carriage, a hoisting-rope extending between the carriage and one end of the trackway, of an endless overhauling rope and a sheave on the carriage adapted to receive wraps of both overhauling and hoisting ropes.

4; In a'conveyer in combination a trackway, an endless traction-rope, an endless overhaulingsrope, supporting-sheaves for said traction and overhauling ropes at each end of the span, a hoisting-rope extending between the carriage and one end of the trackway, means for actuating said ropes and a sheave on the carriageadapted to receive wraps of the overhauling-rope and of-the hoisting-rope.

5. In a conveyer the combination with an endless traction-rope, a hoisting-rope extending between the carriage and one end of the trackway, and a carriage, of an endless overhauling-rope and a sheave on the carriage adapted to receive wraps of both hoisting and overhauling ropes.

6. In combination a stationary fall rope drum, a fall-rope engaging said drum, a rope extending across the span and back, independent means for actuating said ropes in substantial unison, and mechanism whereby the travel of said looped or endless ropeis communicated tothe fall-rope at'points along the span.-

7. In combination a stationary fall rope drum, a'iall-rope engaging said drum and extending to I the carriage, a rope extending acrossthe span and back, means 'for actuating said last+ment1oned rope in unison with said fallrope, a carriage and meehanlsm carried by the carriage whereby the travel of; said looped or endless rope is communicated to the fall-rope.

8.- In a conveyer thecombinationwith a hoisting-rope, an overhauling-rope extending across the span and back again, a carriage and means for actuating both of said ropes located at a common point, of-means carried by the carriage and actuated by the overhauling-rope for applying tension to the hoisting-rope to pull out and lower the same,

9. In a conveying apparatus, a trackway, a load-carriage thereon, a hoisting rope-extending from an end of the trackway to the loadcarriage, operative. mechanism on the loadcarriage adapted by its engagement with said hoistingrope to outhaul the same, an additional rope operatively connected with said mechanism and extending side by side with said hoisting-rope to the same end of the-trackway and means whereby saidadditional rope is caused to actuate said mechanism in a di-' rection to outhaul said hoisting-rope.

10. In a conveying-apparatus, in combination, a r trackway,- a load-carriage thereon, a

hoisting-rope-extending from the carriage to an end of the traekway, an additional rope exten ding from the carriage 5 side by side with said hoisting-ropeto-the-saineend of thetrackway, a connection between said-ropes whereby said hoisting-rope is compelled to travel outwardly with the outward travel of said additional rope and means whereby said additional rope is outhauled.

11. In a conveyor the combination with a trackway, a carriage adapted to travel thereon, means for moving said carriage, a hoistingrope and a hoisting-drum therefor at one end of the trackway, of an overhauling-rope extending past the carriage and means carried by the carriage for causing the overhauling rope to positively pull out and lower the hoisting-rope. r

12. In a conveyer the combination with a hoisting-rope, an overhauling-rope extending rope in substantial unison with said fall-rope drum and mechanism whereby the travel of said overhauling-rope is communicated to said fall-rope.

14:. In a conveying apparatus, in combination, a trackway, a load-carriage, a hoist on said carriage containing operatively-connected rotating members, two runs of rope engaging said members respectively and extending thence to the same end of the trackway, and means whereby said ropes are actuated.

15. In ahoisting device,in combination with a hoisting-rope, a hoist-lowering rope, a rope bearing member for each of said ropes, atrac tion connection between said, members and means independent thereof for raisingvthehoisting-rope.

16. In a hoisting and conveying device, the combination with a trackWay,-a carriage adapted to travel on the trackway, a hauling-rope connected with the carriage, a hoisting-rope extending from the carriage to one end of the trackway, of an overhauling-rope and two connected rotating parts upon the carriage adapted one to receive the hoisting-rope and the other to receive the overhaulingrope; said ropes and rotating parts having driving engagementwith each other. I V

17. a hoisting and conveying device, in comblnatlon, a trackway, a carnage thereon,

a fixedly-located hoisting-drum, a hoist-rope engaging said drum and extending to the carriage, an overhauling-rope extending along the trackway,.means for actuating the overhauling-rope in unison with the hoist-rope and mechanism on the carriage whereby the movement of the overhauling-rope may be communicated to the hoisting-rope.

18. In a conveying apparatus, in combination a trackway, a carriage, a hoist on said carriage, a rope-drum apparatus containing a hoisting-rope drum and a separate overhaul ing-rope drum, a hoisting-rope and an over hauling-rope connecting said rope-drums, respectively, with said hoist.

19. In a conveying apparatus, in combination,a trackway, a carriage, a hoist on said carriage, a hoisting-run of rope, and an overhauling-run of rope both connected with said hoist and extending side by side to the same end of said trackway and means whereby said ropes are operated.

20. In a hoisting and conveying device, in combination, a carriage, a trackway therefor,

a hoisting-rope having a supporting-sheave on said carriage, actuating means for said hoisting-rope removed from said carriage, an overhauling-rope having a sheave-support on the carriage, means for actuating said overhauling-rope, and means for communicating motion at the carriage between the hoisting-rope and the overhauling-rope.

21. In a hoisting device, in combination, a

hoisting-rope, a sheave dividing said rope into substantially horizontal and vertical runs, means for actuating the hoisting-rope at the end removed fromv the fall, an overhaulingrope, means for independently actuating said overhauling-rope and means for communicating power from vone rope to the other at the fall.

J. G, DELANEY.

Witnesses: V

H. L. REYNOLDS, W. A. PAULING. 

